The state was tied with Montana for ninth on the list. As The Rural Blog notes, five of the top ten states were in the American South, while states in New England have some of the lowest gun-violence rates. All of the top ten states with the most gun violence are traditionally “red” states with electorates that favor looser gun restrictions. Louisiana and Alaska have the most gun violence, according to the study, while Massachusetts and Hawaii have thea least. A resident of Louisiana is more than five times more likely to be killed by a gun than a resident of Hawaii. Kansas was also in the top 20 states, while Texas and Colorado fell in the middle.

The study ranked stats according to several factors, including gun deaths; gun suicides; gun homicides; fatal gun accidents; mass shootings; gun homicides of women by intimate partners; gun deaths among people younger than age 21; law-enforcement officers feloniously killed with a firearm; fatal shootings by police; and crime-gun export rates.

There are almost 28 million people living in Texas, and more than 1 million of them are licensed to carry a handgun, reports CNN. That’s one out of every 28 people. Dallas County has the third highest number of gun licensees in the state, following Harris (139,563) and Tarrant (71,504) counties.

While the nation at-large considers whether to limit access to guns, the conversation in Oklahoma is about whether to increase access. This urge to stock up on weapons is part of a long tradition of pro-gun sentiment in the state, notes News OK.

Several gun-control measures failed in the US Senate this week. The proposals included a narrowly-tailored compromise that had previously been put forth by Texas U.S. Sen. John Cornyn last December. In the wake of the Orlando mass shooting, Senator Cornyn decided to try again, reports The Houston Chronicle.

In the wake of the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado officials approved a number of new gun control laws. The measures passed the Colorado legislature in 2013 and were signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper. The new laws were immediately challenged by supporters of gun rights. But now, reports Reuters, a federal appeals court has ordered a lower court judge to dismiss the challenges to the gun legislation.